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Letters Patent No. 67,349, dated July 30, 1867-.

WEIenING-SOALES.

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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. REYNOLDS, oi'Brzindon, in the county,7 ofRutland, and Stute of Vermont, have invented :L new' und usefulImprovement in lSeules for Weighing; und I do hereby declare the sume tobe fully described in the following specification, :ind represented inthe accompanying drawings, of Which Figure l is u longitudinal sectionof my improved weighing apparatus.

Figure 2 is :t top view of it, without the scale-pan.

Figure 3 is n transverse section, 'taken through the struts by which theweight-pun is kept in place on the lever.

In these drawings, A denotes a lever whose fulcrn a a nre :it itsmiddle, and ure duly supported in or on hearings in the upper part of ahollow standard, B, the sume being as shown in iig. 4, which is n topView of the lever und the post as uncovered. The said post und thefulcra und benrings nre covered and protected from dust and injury. byndished cap, C, which constitutes :t support for the weights to be usedin the. weight-pnn. The lover A is to be applied to the weight-pun andscale-pan supporters D E in the ordinary Way, und in order to preventeither of these lutter from being aceidentaliy thrown oi or out of placeon the lever, I extend the support downward on opposite sides ofthelcver, und underneath such lever, or project from the extensions seen:it b Z1, in tig. 3, two pins or studs c e, the same being us shown Vinsaid iig. 3. I also form within the seale-pan supporter E n chamber, d,for receiving shot or other material used for balancing the scale, suchchamber being provided with a mouth, e, at top, to receive a. plug.

I claim in the above-described weighing apparatus the following, viz:

I claim the arrangement and combination of the weight-holder or dishedcap C with the standard B, the lever A, und its fulcro.

I also claim the combination and arrangement of the extensions b b andthe studs c c, or the equivalent thereof, with the Weight und scale-pansupporters, as set forth.

WM. W. 'REYNOLDS Witnesses E, N. BmGGs, E. JUNE.

